Branton (Ingram)
The village of Branton, now with a large chapel and school, is reputed to have been formerly of greater extent. (1)
A perambulation of the arable and pasture fields around Branton revealed no traces of depopulation, and local enquiries failed to disclose any traditions of a larger village or the survival of any significant field names. (2)
Branton was a member of the grand sarjeanty of Beanley and was held by John son of Waldeve of Edlingham in 1242. Missing from 1296 Lay Subsidy. 1336: seven taxpayers. 1377 Poll Tax: 19 adults listed. Assessed with Brandon in 1665. Armstrong's map of 1769 shows a mansion at Branton but no settlement. The modern farm-hamlet is the presumed site of the medieval village. No earthworks seen. (3)
There was a tower here in 1584 but nothing is known of its earlier or subsequent history. A mansion, no longer extant, was built here in 1695 and the tower may have been used to provide building material. Alternatively, it may have been destroyed in 1680 in a conflagration which struck the village. The latter may explain a story that its foundations were seen opposite the Presbyterian chapel in 1864. (4a)
A perambulation of the arable and pasture fields around Branton revealed no traces of depopulation, and local enquiries failed to disclose any traditions of a larger village or the survival of any significant field names. (2)
Branton was a member of the grand sarjeanty of Beanley and was held by John son of Waldeve of Edlingham in 1242. Missing from 1296 Lay Subsidy. 1336: seven taxpayers. 1377 Poll Tax: 19 adults listed. Assessed with Brandon in 1665. Armstrong's map of 1769 shows a mansion at Branton but no settlement. The modern farm-hamlet is the presumed site of the medieval village. No earthworks seen. (3)
There was a tower here in 1584 but nothing is known of its earlier or subsequent history. A mansion, no longer extant, was built here in 1695 and the tower may have been used to provide building material. Alternatively, it may have been destroyed in 1680 in a conflagration which struck the village. The latter may explain a story that its foundations were seen opposite the Presbyterian chapel in 1864. (4a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; D A Davies
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